Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-30
formation of the uprising, snd believes
that be was successful, having

formation of the uprising, snd believes
that he was successful, having
CON yKRsED FREELY AND FRANKLY
with all classes Of people, and presents
the following as being an impartial stste-
ment Of the whole affair from its in
cipiency. The reader will please bear in
mind that hsrdly 8 statement is made but
it is contradicted either positively or by
rumor and that probably q more two
sided question never came up; there is
no doubt bat that the entire STAIR origi-
mated when the negro constable served
papers on white man named
Nichols, the said Nichols
having refused to work the roads
1t is said by both parties thst white
man named Stafford, who is st the head
of six or eight Dad white men Of the
section nesr the COST, went with the
constable TO show him where Nichols
was. Since then the negro has not been
seen. Some say q mule that he had been
riding was found in g pasture (three |
different pastures being given and that |
8 horse was taken in its place, the |
inference being that the constsble has
fed the country to escape Indictment for |
stealing beef. Others say there Is 10 |
| doubt that the constable WsS killed and |
so thinks the sheriff; st eny rate the !
negroes took that view CT the matter and |
forty-seTen of them armed vent in . body |
TO Nichols house and demanded TO know |
where the constable was, threatening
TO KILL NICHOLS
if he was not given up. No one was at
| home when the negroes arrived except
the women folks. and the negroes left sf-
! Tor ;y,G milf trrr no
| but without doing them bodily harm
! The exact number Of this baEd is placed
at G0rty yen, as they were counted by
| nine white men armed with Win
chesters, who were hiGen liz the woods.
While the negroes passed by them
on the prairieS sn attempt 10 parley
W2s refused by the negroes, VINO Claimed
thet the gent IN command OF the whites,
! Mr.. G0arley Reese, was against them.
They cursed the white men and told them
that they we're going 10 kill Nichols,
STAFFORD and several other whites.
Mr.. Reese had some difficulty in
preventing his men from firing into
the derkies, but was successful, and
collision was avoided. So faT these faCts
are Tot disputed, except thst it is clsimed
that the negro constable Tad not stolen
beetj but il fact YVES exceptionally peace
able and polite, not even carrying pistol
when ne went to serve law papers. Ru-
mOrs then came to Brazoria and Columbia
that the blacks were organizing and had
threatened to
CLKAo1 OUT THE WHITES,
that they were assembling by hundreds
ant arming for the deadly work. Care
ful investigation, however, could not
trace q single rumor to this eject, there
being no one who Lad ever seen or heard
the reality Of any body OF negroes sssem-
bling together to the number of even
twenty, OF, fer thGt matter, ten, except
tie first gsng of fort3-seven seen
by the nine white men. Then came
: the Eight of Sunday, the only Instance
where the negroes ere known 20 have re-
turned fire. Two negroes were killed
in the woods, one white man emptYing
his winchester At one OF them, and then
dismounting turned him over TO see If
he had the one be wanted and finding
he was then discharged every one
CT the Iosds in his gix,shGoter into him
/ and riding around the balance of the day
with his hands all bloody. Although this
: negro wss killed Sunday It was Wednes-
day before the negroes came to bury him
l The whites probably another body ther
went tG me house OF Oliver Shepherd
, who was known TO be
DESPERATE NEGRO
and who he'd sworn that he would never
be taken alive. On their way and neal
e Shepherds, negro named Munson, wa
q discovered squattlng u cotton patch
r. some saying he was nnermedr while
% Others ssY he he'd shot-gUi
~ and attempted to shoot it-at any rate h
70 was killed. The whites then went On t
NJ Shepherds cabin and, saw him in front tn
- house with bis Winchester. Fire wa
il opened and returned-tne negro retreat
n. ing inside Of the log cabin where he helC
! them ct bay ming through TIT
Cracks OF the house until dark, when tn
captain called them OF. 1t is said tbs
~ the walls of the cabin were full Of lead
- while the roof was literally shot OFF, til
~ negro being unhurd. II is said there Wer
: 20 tWeI ty whites surrounding the cabin and
20 is mystery why they drew off, the onl
10 plausible reason being that is was to
s. hot tor them. Next morning enotht
10 raid was made On SHEPHERDS cabin, bt
ed HE FAD GONE,
is eud after trailing MIN ten miles throug
ia the brush, all traces of him we.
So lost, and he has not been heard
O. since snd apparently pursuit has beS
abandoned. SIS ford seems to be Il
bright particular stsr of the engagement
20 TIE party from BraZoria sud Column
BIT had captured two negroes, 10th after
ng long chase, and after having been clubot
OF into subm ission. One OF .ae
by negroes ref2sed to surren Ger even thu
de until the son OF his old master came u
ng when he Immediately said that he you
re- go with Mars jim. TheCa negroes we
ere taken to camp and the bcys had to hi,
tia them under bed t. keep Ssafor
cir from king them, tae matter goil
MS 20 far that one of TIE Brazor:a. DO
yro pulled down on Stafford ind told him
nd he killed the negroes
ars HE WOULD -S-IL HIM.
be The negroes were not killed, Dat ~
ION taken down the road g Dit \
i'm liberated on 1oDd. Some
rlv the whites claim that it "
ere only By prompt acton that general l
rising was prevented. Could the Estt
be settled on the Kilkenny COZ pF5aClE
ght between the bai whites sad tae b
md negroes down rsar the coass It night
let. c, good thing. FOR the stasa q
ow- would certainly oe COED tAing
Seaegambia. TIE trouble Is that t
ON matter takas such e shape that
negroes feeling that theiy lives are
ua3 Jeopardy, nay one of those dsys fail
tl,st discriminate between the good and
ut whites, AID by attaching the form
anv get themselves into 3 horne